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June 17, 2020

Western Hemisphere Regional

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The U.S. plans to nominate a White House official who was an architect of tightening sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba to lead Latin America’s main development bank

Brazil

Brazil’s top court on Tuesday granted police permission to inspect financial and phone records of federal lawmakers allied with President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a probe into anti-democratic rallies, a source with direct knowledge of the ruling said

Chile

Helicópteros de combate Black Hawk, aviones de transporte táctico C-130 Hércules, buques anfibios de desembarco de tropas y decenas de hospitales de campaña forman parte del contingente militar

Colombia

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La violencia también desplaza masivamente a excombatientes de Farc

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Cuba

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El Salvador

Mexico

Tuvo en sus manos el caso del líder de Los Zetas, Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, El Z-40, así como de los implicados en el homicidio del cardenal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo y de integrantes del CJNG

Mara Gómez reconoce que la institución es golpeada por los ajustes presupuestales y falta de capacidad del personal; trabaja en un nuevo modelo administrativo, dice

Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border

Both countries announced the decision on Tuesday ahead of a Monday deadline to extend, end or modify the border restrictions

Suriname

Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, a former military ruler who has dominated the country’s politics in recent decades, lost last month’s national election, the country’s electoral authority said on Tuesday after three weeks verifying the vote

U.S.-Mexico Border

According to a Mother Jones analy­sis of government contracts, the Trump administration has so far doled out over $9 billion to build about 585 miles of wall—285 miles of replacement fencing and 300 miles of new construction

Venezuela

Nicolás Maduro’s regime stripped the license of one of the country’s largest parties and handed control to a pro-government ally, the latest in a string of measures to further weaken the opposition